Julien Leclercq (snooker player)

{{Short description|Belgian snooker player}}

{{Infobox snooker player

| name = Julien Leclercq

| image =

| caption =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2003|2|3|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Crisnée, Liège, Belgium{{cite web|access-date=2022-12-13|archive-date=2022-12-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221213031637/https://www.lavenir.net/regions/huy-waremme/sports/2022/05/12/julien-leclercq-enfin-professionnel-je-suis-aux-anges-CSBYDTNWLBCFRH2YTJ63A42LYQ/|language=fr|last=A.R|title=Julien Leclercq enfin professionnel: "Je suis aux anges"|url=https://www.lavenir.net/regions/huy-waremme/sports/2022/05/12/julien-leclercq-enfin-professionnel-je-suis-aux-anges-CSBYDTNWLBCFRH2YTJ63A42LYQ/|work=lavenir.net}}

| Sport country = {{BEL}}

| Professional = 2022–present

| High ranking = 62 (July 2023)

| Official maximums =

| Best finish = Runner-up (2023 Shoot Out)

| Ranking wins =

| World champ =

}}

Julien Leclercq (born 3 February 2003) is a Belgian professional snooker player.

Leclercq turned professional in 2022 after winning the Q Tour Playoff and gained a two-year tour card for the 2022–23 and 2023–24 snooker seasons.{{Cite web |url=https://wst.tv/follow-the-q-tour-play-off/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220510213311/https://wst.tv/follow-the-q-tour-play-off/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 10, 2022 |title= Leclercq wins Q Tour Play-off |website=WST|date= 11 March 2022}}

Performance and rankings timeline

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! Tournament

! 2020/
21

! 2022/
23

! 2023/
24

! 2024/
25

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Ranking

|align="center"|He was an amateur

|align="center"|New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking

|align="center"|68

|align="center"|Players qualified One Year Ranking List started the season without ranking points

colspan="10"|Ranking tournaments
style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Championship League

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|RR

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|RR

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|RR

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Xi'an Grand Prix

|align="center" colspan="3" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Saudi Arabia Masters

|align="center" colspan="3" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|English Open

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|British Open

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NH

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Wuhan Open

|align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Northern Ireland Open

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|International Championship

|align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|UK Championship

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Shoot Out

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A

|align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8;"|F

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Scottish Open

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|German Masters

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|3R

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Welsh Open

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|World Open

|align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|World Grand Prix

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Players Championship

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Tour Championship

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|World Championship

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

colspan="10"|Former ranking tournaments
style="background:#EFEFEF;"|WST Classic

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NH

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

|align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|European Masters

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NH

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! colspan="6"|Performance Table Legend

align="center" style="color:#555555;" width="30"|LQ

| lost in the qualifying draw

| align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|#R

| lost in the early rounds of the tournament
(WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)

| align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF

| lost in the quarter-finals

align="center" style="background:yellow;"|SF

| lost in the semi-finals

| align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8;"|F

| lost in the final

| align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|W

| won the tournament

align="center" style="color:#555555;" width="30"|DNQ

| did not qualify for the tournament

| align="center" style="color:#555555;" width="30"|A

| did not participate in the tournament

| align="center" style="color:#555555;" width="30"|WD

| withdrew from the tournament

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style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="4"|NH / Not Heldmeans an event was not held.
style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="4"|NR / Non-Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was no longer a ranking event.
style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="4"|R / Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was a ranking event.
style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="4"|MR / Minor-Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was a minor-ranking event.
style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="4"|PA / Pro-am Eventmeans an event is/was a pro-am event.

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Career finals

=Ranking finals: 1 =

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!width="80"|Outcome

!width="20"|No.

!width="50"|Year

!width="180"|Championship

!width="100"|{{nowrap|Opponent(s) in the final}}

!width="50"|Score

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up

| 1.

| 2023

| Snooker Shoot Out

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Chris Wakelin

| align="center"|0–1

=Team finals: 2 (1 title) =

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!width="80"|Outcome

!width="20"|No.

!width="50"|Year

!width="150"|Championship

!width="120"|Team/Partner

!width="100"|{{nowrap|Opponent(s) in the final}}

!width="50"|Score

style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner

| 1.

| 2021{{cite web|title=European Team Snooker Championships Men - Albufeira / Portugal 2021|url=http://esnooker.pl/turnieje/2021/dme/en/show_drabinka_team.php?id_t=315 |website=esnooker.pl}}

| {{nowrap|European Team Snooker Championships}}

| {{flagcountry|BEL}} 1
Kevin Hanssens

| {{flagcountry|WAL}} 1
Elfed Evans
Darren Morgan

| align="center"|5–2

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up

| 1.

| 2022{{cite web|title=European Team Snooker Championships Men - Shengjin / Albania 2022|url=http://esnooker.pl/turnieje/2022/dme/en/show_drabinka_team.php?id_t=345 |website=esnooker.pl}}

| {{nowrap|European Team Snooker Championships}}

| {{flagcountry|BEL}} 1
Kevin Hanssens

| {{flagcountry|POL}} 1
Mateusz Baranowski
Antoni Kowalski

| align="center"|3–5

=Amateur finals: 4 (1 title)=

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!width="70"| Outcome

!width="20"| No.

!width="30"| Year

!width="320"| Championship

!width="200"| Opponent in the final

!width="30"| Score

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up

| 1.

| 2021

| EBSA European Under-18 Championship

| {{flagicon|BEL}} Ben Mertens

| 3–4

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up

| 2.

| 2021

| EBSA European Under-21 Championship

| {{flagicon|WAL}} Dylan Emery

| 2–5

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up

| 3.

| 2022

| Q Tour - Event 3

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Sean O'Sullivan

| 2–5

style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner

| 1.

| 2022

| Q Tour - Play-Off

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Alex Clenshaw

| 5–2

References

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